REU Site: Research Experiences for American Leadership of Industry with Zero Emissions by 2050 (REALIZE-2050)

REU 网站：2050 年美国零排放工业领先地位的研究经验 (REALIZE-2050)

• 批准号: 2349580
• 负责人: Ying Sun
• 金额: $ 44.55万
• 依托单位: University of Cincinnati Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-01 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2349580&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experiences; American

The REU Site Research Experiences for American Leadership of Industry with Zero Emissions by 2050 (REALIZE-2050), hosted by the University of Cincinnati (UC), will build an interdisciplinary research training program to accelerate technology innovations for meeting the U.S. net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050. Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and CO2 emissions are a major catalyst of climate change that cannot be mitigated by any single strategy alone. This ten-week program will expose 30 undergraduate students with diverse backgrounds to cutting-edge research in energy efficiency, industrial electrification, energy storage, low-carbon fuels, renewable energy, and carbon capture/utilization. Students will work closely with 12 world-class faculty mentors across five departments and two colleges and in UC’s state-of-the-art research facilities to address fundamental research challenges in decarbonization of energy generation, manufacturing, infrastructure, and transportation and gain a holistic understanding of the global challenge of mitigating climate change. The REU experience will significantly impact students’ overall development and career trajectory. This impact can be more substantial for students from underrepresented groups and institutions that are not research-intensive. Students will bring their knowledge, expertise, and connections to their home institutions to positively impact their broader community. The REU Site hosted by the University of Cincinnati (UC), REALIZE-2050 (Research Experiences for American Leadership of Industry with Zero Emissions by 2050), will build an interdisciplinary research training program to accelerate technology innovations for meeting the U.S. net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050. The REALIZE-2050 project introduces student participants to convergent research approaches to meet the U.S. decarbonization targets, leveraging major transformations in domestic manufacturing, human-technology interfaces, and the new energy economy. In this learner-centered program, students will research multiple facets of the decarbonization technologies and assess the technological maturity, feasibility, and impacts of emerging alternatives. The research activities will be supervised by faculty mentors who are decarbonization experts, ensuring that students gain skills, knowledge, and awareness of critical technologies to achieve net-zero emissions. Leveraging UC’s location near the center of U.S. manufacturing investments, the integrated cohort activities are designed to raise students’ awareness of industrial decarbonation efforts through manufacturing innovations. Participants will report their findings through podcasts designed to broaden public understanding of the role of scientific research in decarbonization. An emphasis on recruiting from minority-serving institutions will enable the REALIZE-2050 REU to showcase the diversity of voices in STEM while creating a lasting contribution to the national dialogue in a time of rapid change in manufacturing, energy, security, climate, and the economy. Results from the assessment activities will be critically evaluated and disseminated in the engineering education community and thus contribute to innovation in undergraduate research programs nationwide.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

由辛辛那提大学 (UC) 主办的 REU 到 2050 年实现美国零排放工业领先地位现场研究经验 (REALIZE-2050) 将建立一个跨学科研究培训计划，以加速技术创新，以实现美国净零碳目标到 2050 年的排放目标。气候变化是我们这个时代的决定性问题，二氧化碳排放是气候变化的主要催化剂，仅靠任何单一战略都无法缓解这一为期十周的计划。让 30 名具有不同背景的本科生接触能源效率、工业电气化、能源存储、低碳燃料、可再生能源和碳捕获/利用方面的前沿研究。学生将与五个院系的 12 名世界一流的教师导师密切合作。和两所学院以及加州大学最先进的研究设施，以解决能源发电、制造、基础设施和运输脱碳方面的基础研究挑战，并全面了解缓解气候变化的全球挑战。对于来自非研究密集型群体和机构的学生来说，这种影响可能更为重大。学生将把他们的知识、专业知识和联系带入他们所在的机构，从而对更广泛的社区产生积极影响。 REU 网站由辛辛那提大学 (UC) 主办，REALIZE-2050（到 2050 年美国零排放工业领导力研究经验），将建立一个跨学科研究培训计划，以加速技术创新，以满足美国到 2050 年实现净零碳排放目标。REALIZE-2050 项目向学生参与者介绍融合研究方法，利用国内制造业、人机界面和新能源经济的重大变革来实现美国脱碳目标。以项目为中心，学生将研究脱碳技术的多个方面，并评估新兴替代方案的技术成熟度、可行性和影响。研究活动将由教师监督。利用加州大学靠近美国制造业投资中心的地理位置，综合队列活动旨在通过制造业创新提高指导学生对工业脱碳工作的认识。参与者将通过播客报告他们的发现，旨在扩大公众对科学研究在工业脱碳中的作用的了解。强调从少数族裔服务机构中招募人才将使 REALIZE-2050 REU 成为可能。展示 STEM 中的多样性，同时在制造业、能源、安全、气候和经济快速变化的时代为全国对话做出持久贡献。评估活动的结果将在工程领域得到严格评估和传播。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。